Question: What does it mean to engage in Torah and commandments?

Answer: Engaging in Torah and commandments (Mitzvot) with the help of the reforming light means doing everything described by Kabbalists who have attained Lishma. They advise us which actions can help us attain Lishma. For the time being, we call these actions Torah and commandments.

Lishma is the work with Masachim (screens) for the sake of bestowing upon the Creator, for the sake of His Name. Once I enter into work with Masachim, it becomes clear to me what Torah and commandments are. I already know which actions I can perform in my desire to receive that bring me closer to the Creator, that is, increase my intention to bestow. Then these actions are called commandments.

By correcting my desire to receive through the intention to bestow, I fill it with the light called Torah.

And now, while I am below the Machsom (barrier), my intention, although not yet very clear, is directed toward my desire to reach the beginning of true spiritual work, a genuine relation with the Creator, to bestow upon Him, to cross the Machsom, and acquire a Masach. I do not yet know exactly what this means, but I can somehow imagine it. Therefore, if I perform any action that the Kabbalists advise me to perform, this is called Torah and commandments.

And the actions that I perform with my body (with my feet, hands, or various objects) are the ones we must do within the framework of our corporeal world. They have nothing to do with spiritual work whatsoever. Therefore, I keep saying that they do not advance a person toward the Creator. They merely keep a person within the framework of the inanimate spiritual level (Domem de Kedusha).
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/16/26, Rabash, “What Should One Do If He Was Born With Bad Qualities?”

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In order to bring a person to the final state where their Kli becomes as great as possible, meaning their aspiration toward the Creator becomes truly immense, the Creator must lead them through a wide variety of states. In each of these states, the person essentially learns the difference between the state of the Creator and the state opposite to it, or between the lights and the Kelim, between light and darkness.

After all, only by the existence of a thing and its opposite can one learn about that thing and its opposite, as well as about both of them and the relationship between them.

Can a person do this? It is the Creator who does it. A person must only feel and realize what state they are in.

The Creator influences a person both in darkness and in light, as it is said: both in exile and during the time of redemption. He enters every state and literally does everything.

“I, the Creator, dwell with them amidst their impurity. I go with them into exile in order to teach them what Galut (exile, dispersion) is. And I will bring them to redemption, drawing them out of exile by showing them how terrible it is, so that they will desire to leave it. And to the extent of their desire to free themselves from oppression and come out of exile, I will bring them out.”

Thus, everything is done by the Creator, the person only needs to determine their attitude toward it, accepting everything that exists and everything happening to them exactly as it is while also arriving at a state of gratitude for the worst state just as for the best, because through this, they connect to the goal that is more important to them.

They understand how necessary their current adverse state is for attaining the goal and that there are no other states more conducive to achieving it. They must realize this, accept it, and wish to remain in such a state, regarding it as a stage of advancement toward the goal.

However, since being in a state opposite to the Creator does not correspond to His desire, one must strive to come closer to the Creator. But the reason for doing so should not be that I feel bad now and want to feel better. We must learn to discern these differences as we gradually accumulate various states and advance toward the goal with them.

In every state, a person must first realize, “I am suffering,” and subsequently, “The Creator is suffering.” From the perspective of the goal, this state is beneficial for the person; however, from the perspective of the purpose of creation, it is unfavorable for the Creator because He has established that the goal is adhesion with Him. In other words, the degree of closeness to the Creator, the degree of advancement, is determined by the created being’s capacity to bestow.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/20/26, Rabash, “The Creator and Israel Went into Exile”

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I cannot directly change anything within myself. I cannot “touch” myself at all. I have no access to my will to receive.

For example our vision. Scientists traced the path from the eyeball to the optic nerve, from there to other more complex systems of the organism, and discovered along the way what we see, how we see, and how vision can be corrected.

Eventually they arrived at what is called the pleasure center. If you begin to examine this center, you will quickly discover that it is a specific structure in the brain that operates through biochemical reactions.

But behind it, beyond the reach of a scalpel, lies a part of us known as the “feeling” self; this is the spiritual Kli. There is no way to reach it. It is a desire! Everything else is merely the material garments of the desire, the means through which it operates and expresses itself. But we cannot reach the desire itself.

So what do my eyes perceive? Sparks of light clothed, let us say, in a beautiful painting. I look at a beautiful picture and enjoy it. What does this mean? There is no pleasure in the picture itself. There is a spark of light in it that corresponds precisely to my Kli. Someone else may look at the same picture with indifference, or even disgust. But it fills me with pleasure.

In other words, the spiritual spark that is clothed in the picture is perceived by me through my eyes, passes through all the systems until it is finally released at the end of the material, biological chain, and enters the source of my spiritual pleasure: the spiritual desire.

The entire path that it travels—from the picture, to the eyes, and through all the systems of the organism—is merely a channel of transmission. At the beginning there is a spark of light and at the end the will to receive. That is all! All our sense organs are merely transmission channels.

This is how we live in this world: the same lights and Kelim, only with an intermediary between them. From this we see that we have no power over the light and the Kli. They are completely separate from us and exist outside our bodies, and we can change them only by drawing the surrounding light.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 7/30/26, Rabash, “What Does It Mean that Oil Is Called ‘Good Deeds’ in the Work?”

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Question: Does the preparation for the upcoming congress grow according to the same levels of any development in nature: inanimate, vegetative, animate, and human?

Answer: Of course, it takes place in any development, and also in the development of desires. They also go through this process of the four stages of the direct light HaVaYaH (Yod‑Hey‑Vav‑Hey), and it applies to the congress as well.

When a person begins to think about it and to prepare for it, they experience ascents and descents, sometimes wanting to go, sometimes not. If they ultimately make a firm decision to go, they arrive at the congress truly prepared.

They must understand why they are doing this, what they hope to gain from it, and where the rest of the world (work, family, and health) fits into the picture.

They must weigh all these factors and ultimately arrive at the question, “What is the meaning of my life?” This is a question that cannot be answered in any other way.

Experience should show them that all other parts of our lives depend on some unknown factor.

The wisdom of Kabbalah reveals the source of this unknown, the upper force, to us. If a person connects to it, then they gain a tool capable of correcting everything in both this world and the spiritual world.

If they fully scrutinize all of this according to the stages of HaVaYaH, they will undoubtedly come to the congress, and arrive prepared.
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From the Daily Kabbalah Lesson 2/10/10, Baal HaSulam “Introduction to the Book of Zohar“

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